The Wind Piped

The Golden Slave, XVIII.

Mithradetes dismisses Eodan:

"'Let the Cimbrian take the horse, the arms, and the monies he got from me. Let him ride off wherever he wishes, so he come not back to this army.' The wind piped around the hall; the firepits roared. 'Well, begone!' cried Mithradates." (p. 251)

What is the significance of this passage?

It is another turning point;

Eodan had unexpectedly entered Mithradates' service and now leaves it;

only three of the twenty one chapters remain;

Eodan, accompanied by Tjorr, will have to catch up with Phryne but what will then happen between them?;

the conflict between Eodan and Flavius is still unresolved;

yet again natural sounds comment on the action - wind pipes in triumph and the King's fire pits roar to match his mood?;

how far will Eodan travel along the road that transforms him into Odin? (A glance ahead at the concluding sentence of the novel will answer this question.)